Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Are The Natives Getting Restless?

"What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is it's natural manure..." -- Thomas Jefferson

Obviously, Thomas Jefferson felt we might have need for those words someday. Is that day coming?

This article is about a group of young American soldiers. I'm sure some will call them fools, while others may call them traitors, and still others might call them patriots. This is usually the case when military men decide their government is no longer working for them and/or their country, and in fact, because of it's policies, may actually be a danger to that country. There isn't much info out yet about this story. And, with the kind of govt. that we have in place right now, we may never hear a lot of those facts. How many people are involved? Who's actually involved? How high up does it go? How far did they get?

There's a great old movie called, "Seven Days In May", staring Burt Lancaster, with Kirk Douglas as his #2. It was about a four-star General, head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and his plan to overthrow the US govt., with the help of several Generals, Admirals and members of congress, because they saw the president as a liberal weakling. And no, the plan didn't work, thanks to Kirk Douglas, and Commiewood...